Rye — Yield in Ireland
Ireland: Rye — Yield was 3,334 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Rye — Yield in Ireland, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 3,334 kg/ha for rye — yield in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — yield in Ireland peaked at 4,000 kg/ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 1,256 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Ireland 23rd out of 65 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Rye — Yield in Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,674 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,256 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1963 | 1,321 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1964 | 1,647 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1965 | 1,614 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 1,940 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1967 | 1,764 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1968 | 1,852 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 3,086 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 1970 | 3,077 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 3,086 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 2,747 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1973 | 1,980 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 1974 | 2,222 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1975 | 2,422 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1976 | 2,469 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 2,500 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 2,857 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1979 | 3,333 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1980 | 4,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1981 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,500 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1983 | 2,333 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1984 | 2,667 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1985 | 2,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,000 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1987 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,192 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1991 | 2,000 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1992 | 2,111 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 2,152 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 2,186 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 2,216 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 2,246 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 2,275 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 2,304 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 2,332 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 2,361 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 2,390 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 2,418 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 2,446 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 2,492 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 2,557 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 2,621 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 2,685 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 2,748 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 2,812 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 2,875 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 2,938 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 3,077 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 3,077 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,118 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 3,193 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 3,269 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 3,334 kg/ha | +2.0% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 3,334 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,381 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 3,334 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,150 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rye — Yield in Ireland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +66.7% | 1,852 kg/ha | 3,086 kg/ha |
| 1983 | -33.3% | 3,500 kg/ha | 2,333 kg/ha |
| 1973 | -27.9% | 2,747 kg/ha | 1,980 kg/ha |
| 1986 | -25.0% | 2,667 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,795 kg/ha | 1,256 kg/ha | 3,086 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,669 kg/ha | 1,980 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,717 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,201 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,332 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,553 kg/ha | 2,361 kg/ha | 2,812 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,110 kg/ha | 2,875 kg/ha | 3,334 kg/ha | 8 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Ireland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0106 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,391 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.9559 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3541 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rye — yield in Ireland?
- Rye — yield in Ireland was 3,334 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 4,000 kg/ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest rye — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,256 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Ireland rank for rye — yield?
- Ireland ranks 23rd out of 65 countries with data for 2017.
- Is rye — yield rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rye — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.